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unusual facts about Democratic Convention



Leonard Weinberg

In the 1930s he filed one of the earliest damages lawsuits against a labor union; he was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic Convention held in Chicago in support of Governor Albert Ritchie of Maryland nomination.


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1964 Democratic National Convention

Eventually, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Reuther and the black civil rights leaders including Roy Wilkins and Bayard Rustin worked out a compromise: two of the 68 MFDP delegates chosen by Johnson would be made at-large delegates and the remainder would be non-voting guests of the convention; the regular Mississippi delegation was required to pledge to support the party ticket; and no future Democratic convention would accept a delegation chosen by a discriminatory poll.

2016 Democratic National Convention

Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay and other city organizers have confirmed plans to submit a bid for the Democratic Convention, after having lost the 2012 convention to Charlotte.

Abram A. Hammond

In 1852 John C. Walker was nominated by the Democratic Convention to be the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Burton Harrison

In 1880, Harrison attended the Democratic convention in Cincinnati where he opposed William Jennings Bryan.

David Dellinger

In 1996, during the first Democratic Convention held in Chicago since 1968, Dellinger and his grandson were arrested along with eight others - including Bradford Lyttle and Abbie Hoffman's son Andrew - during a sit-in at Chicago's Federal Building.

Democrats Abroad – Lebanon

The organization is sending the first delegate from Democrats Abroad in the Middle East, and Arab-American delegate to the Democratic Convention to support Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Denise L. Nappier

In December 1997, Nappier announced she would run for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer of Connecticut, she defeated Frank A. Lecce, founder of a municipal-bond firm, at the state's democratic convention with just 51% of the delegates cast.

James H. Higgins

His acceptance speech echoed the Democratic convention platform, attacking corruption and the "boss system" of government, pledging an eight hour workday for state and municipal workers, and endorsing the election of Rhode Island's United States Senators by direct vote.

Jason Rae

As a super-delegate for the 2008 Democratic convention, Rae has been courted by both campaigns and has appeared on television news shows including MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°, on radio, and in news reports about his experiences.

MyDD

Armstrong attended the California State Democratic convention in Sacramento in March, 2003 with Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos.

Rendon Group

According to the New Republic's Franklin Foer, "He masterminded Michael Dukakis's gubernatorial campaign in 1974; worked as executive director of the Democratic National Committee in the Jimmy Carter era; managed the 1980 Democratic convention in New York; and subsequently worked as chief scheduler for Carter's reelection campaign."

Ruffin Pleasant

He was also a delegate to the Democratic convention in 1924, which took 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as the party's compromise presidential nominee.

Thomas D. Harp

Harp was nominated on August 28, 1890, by the Democratic convention of the 30th Senate District to represent Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus counties.